Tag: Piracy

  • French-owned tanker seized off Ivory Coast freed

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    A French-owned ship seized by pirates off Ivory Coast on Sunday has been freed, the vessel’s owner has said. French-owned tanker seized off Ivory Coast freed A French-owned ship seized […]

  • EU needs a new strategy to combat piracy

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    In a bid to move the EU away from its current piecemeal action against piracy, the EESC has put forward a comprehensive new strategy. EU needs a new strategy to […]

  • Piracy Soars in West African Waters

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    The pirate business is booming. There were 27 attacks in Nigerian waters last year, compared to 10 the year before, according to the International Maritime Bureau. Piracy Soars in West African […]

  • The Law of the Sea’s Next Wave

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    In this article, David Miliband MP discusses how thirty years on we need to take steps to update UNCLOS to better manage our global interdependence. The Law of the Sea’s […]

  • The Gulf of Guinea: The New Danger Zone

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    Rising piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which supplies around 40 per cent of Europe’s oil and 29 per cent of the U.S.’s, demands effective regional security cooperation and better […]

  • Don’t Pay the Pirates

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    A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force has recommended that shipping companies hurry to adopt measures to ensure that ransom payments aren’t made to pirate groups. Piracy group: Make sure Somali […]

  • Defining piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

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    This article examines how piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is different from that off Somalia, and how this effects how it should be tackled. WEST AFRICA: Defining piracy in […]

  • Gulf of Guinea Piracy Plus

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    Specialist insurance business Beazley has launched a new product, called piracy plus,  in response to the recent increase in hijackings in the Gulf of Guinea. Specialist piracy cover launched for […]

  • Italy Jails More Somali Pirates

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    Less than a week after Italian courts sentenced a group of Somali pirates to heavy jail terms for the attempted hijack of the Montescristo…

  • The Manila Amendments

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    The Manila Amendments is the latest in MSR’s InDepth series, written by Nick Williams of IMSA, the full document can be accessed via the link below. The Manila Amendments: More […]

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